Church Issues

• Ravi Zacharias dies: The influential evangelist and apologist passed away earlier this week, aged 74, after a brief battle with cancer. Read more here and here.
  
• Bible boxes see encouraging response: Plastic boxes placed outside homes and churches containing Bibles, Gospels and gospel tracts are proving a useful way to spread the hope of the Lord Jesus Christ in local communities during the pandemic. A brainchild of the Open-Air Mission, the idea has already seen an encouraging response. Why not set one up yourself?

World Scene

• India and Bangladesh hit by ‘super cyclone’: The worst cyclone in decades has hit densely populated regions in South Asia this week. There are fears that crowded storm shelters could worsen the spread of coronavirus. Read more here. In the western hemisphere, meteorologists are predicting a potentially record-breaking hurricane season, as conditions develop like those in 2005, which saw Hurricane Katrina. Read more here.
  
• US calls out UN abortion agenda: An in unprecedented letter, the US Agency for International Development told the UN Secretary General to stop promoting abortion as ‘essential’ humanitarian aid during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more here.

Israel & Middle East

• Will Israel proceed with annexation? Experts think that Israel’s new Government will proceed to apply Israeli law to parts of Judea and Samaria, despite international outcry from the EU, the presumptive US Democratic nominee Joe Biden, the UN, Russia and the Vatican. Whilst this chorus of disapproval has also been joined by the Palestinian Authority, Melanie Phillips notes that the tide is gradually turning against the Palestinian cause.
  
• UAE lands first commercial plane in Tel Aviv: Signifying warming relations between the two countries, the UAE agreed to send a shipment of aid to the Palestinians via Israel, its first direct commercial flight to the latter. The aid has since been rejected by the Palestinian Authority. Read more here.

Events

• Voice for Justice UK Day of Prayer (Saturday 30 May): Join Lynda Rose and Voice for Justice UK in the next in their series of prayer days, this one entitled ‘Unlock the Gaol!’. Find out more here.
  
• Family Watch Worldwide Webinar (Tuesday 2 June, 5pm): ‘UNFPA Exposed: The Abortion and Youth Sexualization Agendas’. For more information, to register and to watch previous webinars, go to www.familywatch.org/webinars.

Recommended Sources

At Prophecy Today UK we are aware that the world is moving very quickly and it is difficult to keep up with all the latest developments – especially when the material circulated by our mainstream media is increasingly far from reality and definitely not devoted to a biblical perspective!Though we are not a news service, we want to help keep you informed by passing on updates and reports as we are led. This will be a selective, not an exhaustive, round-up, which we hope will be helpful for your prayers. Click here to browse our News archive.We recommend the following news services for regular updates from a Christian perspective: